Haverford township historical commission1/28/2024 I was cleansed of some of my doubts and confusions, and thankfully I was stimulated not by the sound of my own all-too-familiar voice, but by your ideas and by your passion. ![]() There is no question but that my own participation in our discussions at Haverford had something of the effect of a catharsis. Today such in-group discussion is no mere luxury it is a necessity both for ourselves, for our restless youth, and for the American intellectual community as a whole. Perhaps this is because they have to do with ideas, emotions, and attitudes which grow out of my situation as a Negro American, and with those undefined and uncodified aspects of our lives which require the sympathy and insight usually found only among those who have been conditioned and disciplined by our specific group experience. ![]() In spite of all the writing I do, and for all of the lectures I give each year, there are many matters which I won’t write about, nor, except with my wife and a few intimate friends, do I discuss them.
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